Player Report for #20 Jorge Posada

11/22/1998

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C Jorge Posada #20

MLB Houston Astros

Age: 27

Bats: S

Throws: R

Morale: Great


	88-74, .543, 5.0 GB

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB
140	476	125	22	2	24	75	72	124	.263	.359	.468	0

	Overall	Potential
Contact
Gap
Power
Eye
Avoid K's

Batting Ratings (OSA)
	Overall	Vs Left	Vs Right	Potential
Contact	6	5	6	7
Gap	6	6	7	6
Power	7	6	7	7
Eye	7	6	7	8
Avoid K's	4	4	4	4

Fielding Ratings
	Catcher	Infield	Outfield
Range:	-	1	1
Errors:	-	1	1
Arm:	5	1	1
Turn DP:	-	1	-
Ability:	3	-	-

Position Ratings
Pitcher:	-	Shortstop:	-
Catcher:	4	Left Field:	-
1st Base:	-	Center Field:	-
2nd Base:	-	Right Field:	-
3rd Base:	-

Run/Bunt Ratings
Running Speed:	1
Stealing Ability:	2
Baserunning Inst.:	1
Sacrifice Bunt:	1
Bunt for Hit:	1

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Vs.	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB
09/29/1998	CIN	Loss, 2-13	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0
09/27/1998	CIN	Win, 12-10	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	0
09/25/1998	@ SDN	Loss, 0-2	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
09/24/1998	@ SDN	Loss, 6-13	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
09/23/1998	@ SDN	Loss, 2-5	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
09/22/1998	@ ARI	Win, 5-4	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0
09/21/1998	@ ARI	Loss, 3-5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
09/19/1998	CHN	Loss, 4-9	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
09/18/1998	CHN	Win, 9-2	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0
09/17/1998	CHN	Win, 4-0	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0

Personality Ratings
Leader Ability:	Low
Loyalty:	Low
Desire f. Win:	Normal
Greed:	Very High
Intelligence:	Low
Work Ethic:	Low

Jorge Posada
Birthday:	08/17/1971
Born in:	Unknown
Nationality:	Puerto Rican
Height:	6' 2"
Weight:	196 lbs
Local Popularity:	Extremely Popular
National Pop.:	Very Popular

Status
Contract:	Major League Contract
Salary:	$5,730,000
Signed Through:	2000 Season
Major Service:	8 Years, None
Service This Yr:	180 Days
40-Man Service:	8 Years, None
Pro Service:	9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	3 option years left
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	1989, 17th Pick in Round 1

Major League Baseball 1998 Batting Stats

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WOBA	ISO	VORP
Overall	140	476	125	22	2	24	75	73	72	124	.263	.359	.468	.828	.347	.206	32.7
Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	130	557	3	10	0	9	0	6	223	48	0	0	0.0	84.2	6.21
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Versus Left		69	16	4	1	1	7	12	5	22	1	0	1	.232	.289	.362	.652
Versus Right		407	109	18	1	23	68	61	67	102	5	0	2	.268	.370	.486	.857
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
April		73	27	4	0	6	13	14	5	16	0	0	0	.370	.410	.671	1.081
May		88	22	3	0	3	14	10	13	24	1	0	0	.250	.343	.386	.730
June		68	21	3	1	3	6	10	14	19	0	0	0	.309	.427	.515	.942
July		80	17	4	0	4	13	16	17	18	1	0	1	.212	.354	.412	.766
August		87	18	4	0	6	16	13	8	24	2	0	2	.207	.283	.460	.743
September		80	20	4	1	2	13	10	15	23	2	0	0	.250	.361	.400	.761
Spring Training		52	14	2	0	3	7	10	10	13	0	0	0	.269	.387	.481	.868
Last Year		537	156	24	1	39	107	101	84	135	7	3	7	.291	.389	.557	.946
2 Years Ago		557	140	24	2	33	109	104	83	150	2	1	4	.251	.351	.479	.831
Career		3218	864	175	13	157	531	518	489	806	34	8	32	.268	.367	.477	.844
Home		229	58	13	1	9	33	35	39	55	3	0	0	.253	.358	.437	.795
Road		247	67	9	1	15	42	38	33	69	3	0	3	.271	.360	.498	.858
Grass		204	58	7	0	13	36	32	28	51	3	0	2	.284	.371	.510	.881
Turf		272	67	15	2	11	39	41	44	73	3	0	1	.246	.350	.438	.787
Day		153	43	7	2	11	31	29	33	42	2	0	2	.281	.411	.569	.979
Night		323	82	15	0	13	44	44	39	82	4	0	1	.254	.332	.421	.753
Pinch Hitting		6	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.286	.333	.619
Close/Late		111	29	5	1	3	14	18	13	24	4	0	1	.261	.333	.405	.739
Inning 1-3		150	39	4	1	14	34	19	21	36	2	0	2	.260	.354	.580	.934
Inning 4-6		165	48	10	0	6	24	29	33	45	0	0	0	.291	.409	.461	.870
Inning 7-9		149	31	7	1	4	16	24	18	40	3	0	1	.208	.292	.349	.641
Extra Innings		12	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	.583	.538	.667	1.205
0 Outs		152	47	9	1	8	22	36	23	38	1	0	2	.309	.404	.539	.944
1 Outs		182	46	10	0	12	30	30	29	44	5	0	0	.253	.347	.505	.853
2 Outs		142	32	3	1	4	23	7	20	42	0	0	1	.225	.325	.345	.670
Scoring Position		129	34	4	0	6	52	20	32	30	6	0	1	.264	.399	.434	.833
Bases Empty		275	72	13	1	16	16	44	31	74	0	0	1	.262	.339	.491	.830
Runner on 1st		72	19	5	1	2	7	9	9	20	0	0	1	.264	.354	.444	.798
Runner on 2nd		40	9	0	0	2	6	7	14	8	0	0	1	.225	.436	.375	.811
Runner on 3rd		7	2	0	0	0	4	0	3	2	2	0	0	.286	.417	.286	.702
Runner on 1st & 2nd		43	14	1	0	2	15	6	4	10	0	0	0	.326	.383	.488	.871
Runner on 1st & 3rd		12	4	1	0	1	7	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd		5	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	3	3	0	0	.000	.429	.000	.429
Bases Loaded		22	5	2	0	1	17	4	5	6	1	0	0	.227	.357	.455	.812
Two Strikes		238	37	6	1	8	24	28	39	124	2	0	2	.155	.278	.290	.567
First Pitch		60	24	5	1	2	13	9	0	0	2	0	0	.400	.387	.617	1.004
Count 0-1		31	11	3	0	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	.355	.355	.645	1.000
Count 0-2		52	9	0	1	4	7	6	0	29	0	0	0	.173	.173	.442	.615
Count 1-0		44	15	3	0	5	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	.341	.341	.750	1.091
Count 1-1		41	16	4	0	4	9	7	0	0	1	0	1	.390	.395	.780	1.176
Count 1-2		71	12	3	0	2	7	7	0	36	1	0	2	.169	.189	.296	.485
Count 2-0		17	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.294	.529
Count 2-1		38	16	0	0	2	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	.421	.421	.579	1.000
Count 2-2		70	10	2	0	2	5	4	0	33	0	0	0	.143	.143	.257	.400
Count 3-0		3	0	0	0	0	0	4	21	0	0	0	0	.000	.875	.000	.875
Count 3-1		4	2	0	0	1	8	1	12	0	1	0	0	.500	.824	1.250	2.074
Full Count		45	6	1	0	0	5	11	39	26	1	0	0	.133	.529	.156	.685
Behind in Count		154	32	6	1	8	19	20	0	65	1	0	2	.208	.217	.416	.632
Ahead in Count		106	37	4	0	8	24	22	33	0	1	0	0	.349	.500	.613	1.113
Batting 2nd		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Batting 5th		240	59	11	0	12	36	38	37	62	3	0	1	.246	.345	.442	.787
Batting 6th		224	64	11	2	12	38	34	35	58	2	0	2	.286	.384	.513	.897
Batting 8th		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Batting 9th		6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP
1991 Houston - MLB	19	33	84	19	7	0	0	4	7	9	1	1	19	0	0	.226	.305	.310	.615	75	0.2
1992 Houston - MLB	20	79	174	44	11	0	3	18	21	23	2	5	36	1	1	.253	.338	.368	.706	103	6.6
1993 Houston - MLB	21	122	297	78	22	0	5	40	29	47	4	1	81	0	0	.263	.370	.387	.757	108	17.9
1994 Houston - MLB	22	146	563	146	36	4	14	69	76	80	5	7	139	0	0	.259	.353	.412	.765	107	30.4
1995 Houston - MLB	23	145	530	156	29	4	39	109	107	91	6	5	122	1	0	.294	.400	.585	.985	159	73.6
1996 Houston - MLB	24	147	557	140	24	2	33	109	104	83	4	2	150	0	0	.251	.351	.479	.831	122	40.7
1997 Houston - MLB	25	141	537	156	24	1	39	107	101	84	7	7	135	0	1	.291	.389	.557	.946	148	63.3
1998 Houston - MLB	26	140	476	125	22	2	24	75	73	72	3	6	124	0	0	.263	.359	.468	.828	121	32.7
Total MLB		953	3218	864	175	13	157	531	518	489	32	34	806	2	2	.268	.367	.477	.844	126	265.2

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP
1989 Lancaster - A	17	76	307	91	15	0	6	34	28	19	1	3	48	0	0	.296	.336	.404	.740	116	19.3
1989 Corpus Christi - AA	17	3	11	5	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	.455	.538	.818	1.357	265	3.3
1990 Corpus Christi - AA	18	28	106	43	4	1	5	23	21	18	0	3	18	0	0	.406	.480	.604	1.084	191	21.1
1990 Round Rock - AAA	18	91	361	113	23	2	14	63	56	40	1	1	63	0	0	.313	.382	.504	.886	137	32.5
Total MLBAAA		91	361	113	23	2	14	63	56	40	1	1	63	0	0	.313	.382	.504	.886	137	32.5
Total MLBAA		31	117	48	5	1	6	24	23	20	0	3	19	0	0	.410	.486	.624	1.110	198	24.5
Total MLBA		76	307	91	15	0	6	34	28	19	1	3	48	0	0	.296	.336	.404	.740	116	19.3

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP
1995 Houston - MLB	23	5	23	10	2	0	4	7	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	.435	.435	1.043	1.478	0	0.0
1996 Houston - MLB	24	5	23	5	1	0	2	5	2	1	0	0	11	0	0	.217	.250	.522	.772	0	0.0
1997 Houston - MLB	25	8	32	7	1	0	1	2	4	4	1	1	7	0	0	.219	.316	.344	.660	0	0.0
Total MLB		18	78	22	4	0	7	14	12	5	1	1	24	0	0	.282	.329	.603	.932	137	0.0

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RNG	ZR	EFF	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1991 Houston - ML	C	19	19	129	11	2	141	1	.993	175.0	7.20	-0.6	1.047	3	24	7	29.2
1991 Houston - ML	1B	2	0	16	1	1	17	0	1.000	11.1	13.50	+0.0	1.081
1992 Houston - ML	C	47	42	220	18	0	246	8	.967	383.2	5.58	-7.2	.686	3	46	10	21.7
1993 Houston - ML	C	83	72	481	38	1	524	5	.990	639.2	7.30	-0.6	.937	7	78	27	34.6
1993 Houston - ML	1B	4	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	4.2	7.71	+0.1	1.084
1993 Houston - ML	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0	.000
1993 Houston - ML	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0.00	0.0	.000
1994 Houston - ML	C	146	146	924	61	7	991	6	.994	1289.1	6.88	-5.7	.972	16	110	32	29.1
1995 Houston - ML	C	144	144	952	68	3	1028	8	.992	1288.2	7.12	-6.9	.937	17	113	34	30.1
1996 Houston - ML	C	144	144	1042	66	4	1122	14	.988	1254.1	7.95	-6.0	.985	12	120	32	26.7
1997 Houston - ML	C	141	141	854	60	3	925	11	.988	1204.1	6.83	-3.8	.895	10	108	36	33.3
1998 Houston - ML	C	135	130	833	58	6	901	10	.989	1110.2	7.22	-4.5	.991	12	120	34	28.3

Player History
06/01/1989	Drafted in the 1989 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 17, 17th overall pick) by the Houston Astros.
08/14/1989	Wins the MLBA SL1 Player of the Week Award.
08/19/1989	Goes 0-2 against the San Jose Giants, ending his hitting streak at 23 games.
01/01/1990	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (7); Power: 3 (7); Eye: 4 (7).
04/02/1990	Named the #46 prospect in the MLB
05/10/1990	Goes 5-6 against the Carolina Mudcats, with 2 2B, 3 RBI and 2 R.
09/01/1990	Wins the MLBAAA IL Batter of the Month Award.
01/01/1991	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (7); Power: 3 (7); Eye: 5 (7).
04/08/1991	Named the #15 prospect in the MLB
11/18/1991	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $138,994 through automatic renewal.
01/01/1992	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (7); Power: 3 (7); Eye: 6 (7).
11/19/1992	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $145,714 through automatic renewal.
01/01/1993	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (7); Power: 4 (7); Eye: 6 (7).
11/14/1993	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,268,000 through arbitration.
01/01/1994	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (7); Power: 5 (7); Eye: 7 (7).
11/19/1994	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,602,000 through arbitration.
01/01/1995	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 6 (7); Eye: 8 (8).
07/09/1995	Was selected to the 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
08/29/1995	Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $2,025,000 with the Houston Astros organization.
12/22/1995	Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $2,796,750 with the Houston Astros organization.
01/01/1996	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 8 (8).
07/07/1996	Was selected to the 1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
08/19/1996	Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1997	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (7); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 7 (8).
02/06/1997	Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $17,190,000 with the Houston Astros organization.
06/25/1997	Was selected to the 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
08/30/1997	Injured (bruised foot), day-to-day for 4 days.
01/01/1998	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (7); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 7 (8).
06/24/1998	Was selected to the 1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	HR	Rank
1995	39	7

Year	RBI	Rank
1996	109	8

Year	IBB	Rank
1998	10	5

Year	SLG	Rank
1995	.585	6

Year	RC	Rank
1995	128.37	9

Year	RC/27	Rank
1995	8.82	7

Year	ISO	Rank
1995	.291	6
1997	.266	10

Year	WOBA	Rank
1995	.413	6

Year	OPS	Rank
1995	.985	7

Year	VORP	Rank
1995	73.6	7